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Google provides seed funding to Taiwanese renewable energy program

Google is concerned about the well being of the environment and has provided seed funding to a renewable energy company based in Taiwan. This…

‘Jacob Zuma’ more popular than ‘April Fools Day’ on Google

President Jacob Zuma tonight took to the Luthuli House podium to comment on the Constitutional Court’s ruling regarding upgrades made to his Nkandla homestead….

Google wins, loses on April Fool’s Day

It’s that time of the year, when tech firms and news websites decide to leap on the April Fool’s bandwagon. As usual, Google decided…

WordPress now supports Google’s AMP, enabling its sites to load faster on mobile

WordPress has announced that it now supports Accelerated Mobile Pages, Google’s ambitious project that wants to make the web load faster on mobile. Introduced…

Boston Dynamics’ Atlas robot is now totally bully-proof

For now, a big part of robotics hinges on human engineering. But what happens when a robot proverbially grows its own brain and acts…

Weekly Round Up #52: Bookmarks shortlist, Google Play Movies, Twitter, Hisense

Welcome to Weekly Roundup, our podcast discussing the latest tech trends, innovation and news from the last few days. This week on BurnCast, Senior…

Google to go into third-party comments

Google is launching a third-party commenting system. Thing is, it’s not trying to enter into the space of specialist industry players such as Disqus,…

Why your site should go mobile and 10 things to remember when you do

Do you have a website? Running a determined business and want to stay ahead of the crowd? Well then, you have to go mobile…

Facebook, Google and the death of online privacy [Infographic]

I’ve come to the conclusion that online privacy is pretty much dead. Remember the early days of the internet, where everyone used fake names…

Google lets you explore the Amazon with Street View

We love Google Street View, especially when it crosses over from being a useful tool to delivering stunning images. A series of recently released…

Are social networks really killing the web?

Occasionally I stumble on blog posts describing how social networks are killing the internet. The claim is that people are becoming locked into social…

Google lands a harsh blow to sites with too much SEO

Anyone who has made sure their sites are as search engine optimised as is humanly — or mechanically — possible should be quaking their…

Low Orbit Server Stations: Is The Pirate Bay trolling, or could it work?

Trolling, probably. You’ve heard The Pirate Bay’s annoucement that it will be experimenting with low orbit server drones to make its service impervious to…

Growing up Google: 6 pivotal moments that changed Google for the worse

Leaving Google was a very tough thing to do: the technological innovation remains immense, the people are smart and the perks aren’t bad. “Goldman…

Google claims it’s winning the war on bad ads

Google is at war. This time it’s not with Facebook, Apple, or any of the other tech giants. No, this time its target is…

Facebook, Google benefit most from Pinterest shares

We know Pinterest is great for driving traffic to sites, but who’s actually benefitting the most from the up-and-comer’s surge in popularity? Logically, it should…

5 Things you should know about Google’s new terms and conditions

We all know that Google recently updated its terms, conditions and privacy policies. The company argued that the change would ensure that all Google…

Privacy? Why you should actually be concerned about being tracked online

Hilton Tarrant recently wrote a piece on Memeburn entitled, “Privacy? Why you should let Google, Facebook and others track you online“. I had a…

Pinterest drives more traffic than Twitter

Want to drive traffic to your site? Forget Twitter (Okay maybe don’t forget it entirely) and get pinning. That’s right, Pinterest — a two-year…

Why Facebook keeps romancing Wall Street in its IPO

Facebook has added 25 banks to its IPO offering — a massive expansion from the original six banks named. It allows the banks offer…

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